At 16 years old, Jamie Lynn Spears was hot about the heels of large sister Britney along with a strike prove to of her very own and a promising future. Yet a teen pregnancy changed every little thing for the star.
“The globe complied with me as a young girl,” she explained throughout a Wednesday early morning browse through to TODAY. “Yet after I owned my minor girl, I knew that I called for to take time away.”
And she did. In 2008, her Nickelodeon series, “Zooey 101,” ended, and her brand-new life as young mother began along with the birth of her daughter, Maddie.
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“The greatest distinction is that I was a infant and I called for to plant up,” Spears said, comparing herself after that and now.
Motherhood gained her mature fast, and along with it came adjustments she never ever imagined.
“There’s a great deal of surprises,” she claimed of the experience. “The greatest point for me is the feeling of purpose I have actually each day as soon as I grab up. … Despite exactly what it is, whether it’s taking her to school or carrying out something enjoy this today, there’s simply a various inspiration behind exactly what I’m doing.”
What she’s carrying out now entails focusing about her music occupation and sharing her shift from kid star to mom and much more in a brand-new documentary.
“I hope to introduce myself to the globe as the adult that I am,” Spears said.
That documentary, “Jamie Lynn Spears: as soon as the Lights Go Out,” airs Sunday about TLC.
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